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Key Information Sets – Briefing Session 03/09/2012 | Slide 1
Introduction to Key Information Sets Web Content Champion Briefing Session
6th March 2012
Michelle Spruce - Assistant Registrar (Public Information)
AQSS
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What is the Government’s ‘Key Information Set’ initiative
and why is it going to affect the University and me?
What information are we going to have to provide?
When are we going to have to provide this information?
Next steps
Questions?
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Why is the Government interested in providing
consumers of HE with more information?
Broad concern about poor information for students: • Cooke Report (HEFCE 2002); Coalition Agreement; NUS; the wider public; the
media; and Browne Review
Lack of information seen as ‘a barrier to progression’: • The ‘Four Cities’ report (HEFCE, 2007)
• ‘Widening Participation in higher education’ (NAO, 2008)
• Evaluation of Aimhigher: learner attainment and progression (NFER, 2010)
Perceived lack of information about types of provision: • 'Study of UK Online Learning‘ (University of Oxford, 2010)
……
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Ministerial interest …
‘I am committed to improving the information available to prospective students and their parents… it is in everyone's interest that students make well-informed decisions about what and where to study…we need to do better on careers advice and information’
David Willets, September 2010
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‘The relationship between the student and
the institution will be at the heart of the
system.
There will be significant improvements in
the information and guidance given to
students when they are choosing courses’
Browne Review, October 2010
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Purposes of information about HE?
What the Government says: • We need to inform the public, especially prospective
students, about the quality of higher education and aid student choice
• We need the information to help provide evidence to contribute to quality assurance processes in institutions
• Publishing this information will enable institutions to enhance the quality of their higher education provision
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Purposes of information about HE?
What the Government says: • ‘We must put information we know prospective
students will find useful in places we know they will look for it … the Web’
• Information needs to be made more accessible
• Information published by every institution will be subject to judgement in the QAA’s new review method
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QAA Review and ‘Public Information’
• UK Quality Code for Higher Education sets out the expectations UK
providers of higher education are expected to meet.
• Currently being developed – further detail expected later this month.
• Will replace the current set of national reference points known as
the ‘Academic Infrastructure’ from the 2012-13 academic year.
• Quality Code will be split into 3 parts A-C.
• As well as parts on Academic Standards and Academic Quality
there is a new Part C on ‘Information about higher education
provision’
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QAA Review and ‘Public Information’
HEIs required to publish certain information about their HE
provision:
1. Key Information Set (KIS)
2. A Wider Information Set
3. Enhancements to the National Student Survey.
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QAA Review and ‘Public Information’
The Wider Information Set (still under review)
Information available publically, internally and on request:
1. Information about the higher education provider
2. Information for prospective students
3. Information for current students
4. Information for students on completion of their studies
5. Information for assuring quality and standards
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The Key Information Set (KIS)
• For the benefit of prospective students who plan to commence an
undergraduate programme in September 2013
• HEFCE is requiring that all HE providers produce (by September
2012) various institutional and ‘course’ statistics
• The relevant statistics must be easily accessible from the
institutional web pages dedicated to each course
• Will apply to all undergraduate courses of at least 120 credits
• Published data will have to be renewed annually
• KIS information published by the University will be subject to QAA
summative review
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The Key Information Set (KIS)
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Institution
Level
Course
Level
Year of
Course
Level
• Accommodation Costs
• National Scholarship Programme
• Students’ Union Information
• Student Satisfaction (NSS)
• Employment and Salary Information
• Professional Body Accreditation
• Tuition Fees
• Financial Support
• Teaching and Learning Information
• Assessment Information
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Where does the KIS data come from?
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From national data sets:
• Student Satisfaction – National Student Survey (NSS)
• Graduate Employment and Salary – Destination of Leavers in Higher
Education survey (DLHE)
Provided by each institution for its courses:
• Teaching & Learning and Assessment methods
• Tuition Fees and Financial Support available
• Course Accreditation
• Accommodation Costs (including the number of institution beds
available)
• Information to allow linkage to HESA and UCAS Course data
• URL webpage links to further institution and course related
information
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Web Content Required for KIS
HEFCE require us to provide publically available URL webpage links with
further information on:
Course (where widget hosted)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Assessment Methods
Financial Support
Careers and Employment
Prospects
Professional Accreditation
Accommodation
Cours
e L
evel
Institu
tion
Level
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The KIS Widget
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• Will be provided by HEFCE once
the KIS data has been submitted
and finalised.
• To be placed on every course
page where a KIS is required
from September 2012.
• For Combined Honours will be a
‘Subject Level’ widget to be
placed on each combined
subject’s page.
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The Renewed Unistats Website
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Will be live
from
September
2012
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Comparing KIS data on Unistats
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KIS 2012 Timescale
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Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Data should be uploaded to HEFCE extranet (29 Mar–22 Aug)
Site preview for institutions
(17 Sept)
KIS widgets should be available on all
HEIs’ web-sites (31 Oct)
Final technical guidance published
(29 March)
New website goes live (week commencing 24 Sept)
including KIS widgets on course sites
KIS and Unistats early evaluation
(Sept 2012 – Jan 2013)
NSS and DLHE data added to HEFCE
extranet
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The Key Information Set (KIS)
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Michelle Spruce (Assistant Registrar: Public Information)
AQSS
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01244 512945
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